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During a typical, cold, Chicago winter in January 1987, former private first class in the Korean War, Francis Wall, sat down with UFO investigator, John Timmerman. The story he was about to tell remains one of the most fascinating on record. Wall took Timmerman back to the spring of 1951, in war-torn Korea. Wall was serving with regiments now known as the “Iron Triangle” and was based near Chorwon. He and his unit were on the slopes of a mountain overlooking a small village. In the days previously, small units had ventured into the village to issue warnings of an upcoming attack to civilians. They believed there were militant targets in the village. On this particular evening, Wall’s unit was just about to launch that attack. “We had aerial artillery bursts coming in,” Wall told Timmerman. “We suddenly noticed on our right-hand side what appeared to be a jack-o-lantern come wafting down across the mountain”. The men continued to watch the object as it floated down gracefully, seemingly unaware of the bursts and explosions around it. Then, it started to speed up dramatically. Wall would describe it as “so quick that it could get into the center of an airburst of artillery and yet remain unharmed”. This would continue for some time, with the aerial bombardment lasting up to forty-five minutes. Then, the orange-glow would head in their direction. The light was pulsating and as it approached it changed color to an intense blue-green. Wall would request permission from his superiors to open fire on the object. He would receive such permission.

Under Attack!

As Wall took aim and fired with the “armor-piercing” bullets of his M-1 rifle, the audible sound of his bullet striking metal proved he had hit the object. To his amazement, it began to exhibit signs of damage. Wall couldn’t understand why a lone bullet caused this reaction when the barrage of heavy artillery had seemingly no effect. Regardless of the reasons, the strange object began to move erratically. The lights were flashing on and off in random sequences. Suddenly, after having moved in complete silence before, the sound “like diesel locomotives revving up” washed over the night air. The unit watched in silence, anticipating something, but not at all sure what. “Then”, Wall would state, “we were attacked!” A strange ray beam came from the object in pulses, “in waves you could visually see (but) only when it was aiming directly at you”. The beam reminded him of a heavy-duty searchlight. Only, when it swept over the men, “a burning, tingling sensation (spread) all over your body”. Wall would describe this burning as “penetrating”. Orders would sound out into the air for the men to retreat to their bunkers. Still unsure just what the strange object was, the men did as instructed. Wall would state later in no uncertain circumstances, “We were scared. We didn’t know what was about to happen”.

Mysterious Outbreak Of Illness

From the relative safety of their bunkers, Wall and the unit would use their “peepholes” to peer out at the strange object outside. It was hovering in the air, shining its light across the area as if looking for the men. And then, in a matter of a second or two, it would shoot upwards at lightning pace and was gone. Things returned to normal for Wall and the rest of his unit, but only for so long. Three days after the incident, the entire unit became suddenly and seriously ill. Many were so weak from this sudden illness that they could no longer walk. The unit was evacuated from their positions with suspected dysentery. When doctors eventually conducted tests, however, each of the unit had white blood cell counts that Mysterious Outbreak Of Illness. From the relative safety of their bunkers, Wall and the unit would use their “peepholes” to peer out at the strange object outside. It was hovering in the air, shining its light across the area as if looking for the men. And then, in a matter of a second or two, it would shoot upwards at lightning pace and was gone. Things returned to normal for Wall and the rest of his unit, but only for so long. Three days after the incident, the entire unit became suddenly and seriously ill. Many were so weak from this sudden illness that they could no longer walk. The unit was evacuated from their positions with suspected dysentery. When doctors eventually conducted tests, however, each of the unit had white blood cell counts that were “extremely high”. What’s more, they had no idea why this was the case. At this time, only the unit and the unit-commander were aware of the sighting. Wall would state, “at that time, no such thing as a UFO had ever been heard of, and we didn’t know what it was”. Fearing “they’d lock every one of us up”, the men would decide not to mention their sighting in their usual daily reports. Nor did they mention it upon admittance to the military hospital following their sudden illness. Although all the men would recover eventually, according to Walls, he and the ones he still knows continue to suffer from memory loss, disorientation, and difficulty maintaining weight. Officially Walls (in 1987) is “retired and disabled”. It is hard not to think the sudden illness, and the lifelong “conditions” Wall and the rest of the men suffered was linked to their bizarre UFO encounter.were “extremely high”. What’s more, they had no idea why this was the case. At this time, only the unit and the unit-commander were aware of the sighting. Wall would state, “at that time, no such thing as a UFO had ever been heard of, and we didn’t know what it was”. Fearing “they’d lock every one of us up”, the men would decide not to mention their sighting in their usual daily reports. Nor did they mention it upon admittance to the military hospital following their sudden illness. Although all the men would recover eventually, according to Walls, he and the ones he still knows continue to suffer from memory loss, disorientation, and difficulty maintaining weight. Officially Walls (in 1987) is “retired and disabled”. It is hard not to think the sudden illness, and the lifelong “conditions” Wall and the rest of the men suffered was linked to their bizarre UFO encounter. NOTE: The above image is CGI.